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Elizabeth Jane Kennedy

Elizabeth Jane Kennedy

Female 1852 - 1888  (36 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Jane Kennedy  [1] 
    Birth 30 May 1852  Henderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 10 Dec 1888  Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Burial Y  [5] 
    Person ID I930  1794 BARLOW-GAWF/GOFF (US-NC-WAK / US-TN-HEN) I-FTA50669
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Family Leander Wesley Goff,   b. 5 Oct 1854, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1916, Henderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Other Partners: Lucy A. Maness  m. 13 Aug 1889 
    Marriage 27 Aug 1873  Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
    +1. JOHN Walter Goff,   b. 1874, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1960 (Age 86 years)
     2. John W. Goff,   b. Abt 1877, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Mary Elizabeth Goff,   b. 1877, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1909 (Age 32 years)  [Mother: unknown]
     4. Louis L. Goff,   b. Abt 1879, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Charlie T. Goff,   b. Abt 1883   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F107  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Something doesn't work out on her dates:
      Elizabeth Goff died in 1888 or 1889. The 1898 year is probably an error in reading what was probably a badly worn stone. If you take the birth date of 5/30/1852 and add to it the age 36 yrs 9 months 16 days, you get a death date of 3/16/1889. Nothing adds up right but if she was born in 1852 and lived 36+ years, she died in 1888 or 1889 so a marriage of late 1889 is OK.

      Ed
      From: Mep516@aol.com To: egoff1922@chartertn.net
      Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005
      Subject: Question on Leander Wesley GOFF

      Nancy's going over all her GOFF info and comparing to mine. She had a question. Since Elizabeth KENNEDY GOFF is a double relative of yours, do you know if she and Leander divorced?

      Nancy writes:" Leander Wesley Goff married wife #2 on 8-12-1889. Wife #1 didn't die till 12-16-1898! What's the right dates?"

      I checked Early Marriage Records (1869-1921) of Decatur County, Tennesseep. 35 and it has
      Leander Wesly GOFF - Elizabeth J. KENNEDY 27 Aug 1873
      and L. W. GOFF - Lucy MANESS 13 August 1889

      http://www.tngenweb.org/records/decatur/cemeteries/peace.htm
      Goff, Elizebeth, May 30, 1852-Dec. 16, 1898, "Wife of L. W. Goff"

      the History of Scotts Hill, TN, p. 368 has him marrying both women.

      So hopefully there was a divorce, or an error in transcriptions.

  • Sources 
    1. [S193] CENSUS 1880 Decatur Co., TN.

    2. [S143] Tombstone Inscription.

    3. [S171] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.
      Record for Mary Jane Kennedy

    4. [S93] findagrave.com.

    5. [S144] Cemetery Peace Chapel Scotts Hill, Tennessee.

    6. [S142] Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Database online.
      Record for Leander W Goff